5 month after radiation recurrence

Keep us posted after your doctor's visit. Recurrences are possible anytime, but assume the best until proven otherwise. Scar tissue and fat necrosis re very common.

Sounds like you have a lot going on "up stairs" (questions and worries flying around your head). Try instead to think of the best way to handle it - for me, my brain is very good and jumping on a run-away train to multiple future outcomes and possibilities. I found it was better for me to:

1.) Write down all of my questions and concerns - that way I don't forget to ask them.

2.) Ask my physicians if I can connect with one of their staff to ask questions in between appointments. My oncologist was very good at keeping an open door policy for questions - his nurse was always there via email to help with "we'll check" or "sounds like this but will confirm" or "let's have a look".

Weight loss CAN be cancer related but, just as much, can be a result of your big diet change. It's amazing what cutting sugar can do. When I talked to my onc about diet, he had a dietician available for me to discuss all sorts of things including how the body responds to changes.

Hopefully I've given you some tools to work with - don't let your head run away and drag you behind. Note your symptoms and talk to someone about them. Imaging and bone scans are a good direction to start. Now that you have a direction for that, there is nothing you can do on that front until those tests take place. One step at a time. And here's a hug!

I still have rib pain after 6mo...some days worse than others. I also had weight loss and, like you, made major changes in diet. I also bumped up exercise. I appreciate the alarm and think we are prone to go to the “oh no” place. While recurrence is possible, it’s more likely to be something benign. It’s good you are seeing your doc